"He could sit on a fence, watching a wormand wondering what on earth it was up to, for hours at a stretch."P.G. Wodehouse, The Aunt and the Sluggard

Harrie's enormously talented.Santiago

Harrie will never get rich!Annelies

There's no future in being ahead of your times.Harrie Verstappen

Only those who decline to scramble up the career ladder are interesting as human beings.Nothing is more boring than a man with a career.Aleksandr L. Solzhenitsyn - The Gulag Archipelago, VII p. 455

My Oblituary:C.V.of Harrie Verstappen(such as it is—I hate these things)

Born 1940 on Curaçao island, Netherlands Antilles. Lived in Holland from 54. After high school (HBSb 58) had a fling at biology at Nijmegen University. Nijmegen correspondent for Forum Academiale magazine. Joined NATO as a filler 61-2; sergeant, air reconnaissance, Holland and France.
Worked for photo importer Imag, the Hague, staff 63-64; photo trade publisher CIBAF n.v., staff 64-66. Established VistaFilm, 1964, for distribution of Japanese movies in Holland.Meanwhile, published photographs and articles in Tiq, Skoop, Muziek Expres, Pop Foto, NRC-Handelsblad, Algemeen Dagblad, Vrij Nederland. Worked as a sound technician for Dutch television (68-70) and as a still photographer in Dutch feature film production from 69. Also wrote some scripts and directed some movies. His photographs have been published in virtually all Dutch newspapers and magazines and many international publications. Famous for his photographs of Yayoi Kusama and The Kinks.
First Dutch film sound engineer to use wireless microphones and the 'puppy'.
Moved back to Curaçao, 78; did sound, light and cinematography for film and TV productions, but mainly still photography. Also made some movies. Ran a farm (eggs, game, honey) in the mid 80s. Recently moved operations into the digital age and is working on a Virtual Reality simulation of Curaçao island upon discovery and later. Director of Fotomatiko del Caribe n.v. since 1987. Married an architect (well, frankly, not at that time) 1968; collaborates with her in landscaping adapted to local tropical desert conditions. One daughter, 1986.
Participated in international conference Workshop Voedsel, Holland 1985; founding board member of Netherlands Antilles authors organization Corpus Mysticum, 1994; co-organizer Congresses "Bario 2000" and "Barionan, Base pa un Nashon", 2001.
Was instrumental in suing Curaçao's Prime Minister Gerrit Schotte, leading to his conviction for fraud, money laundering and then some, with a lost appeal in 2017; final appeal and Schotte's downfall still pending.

Marquis' Who's WhoThey have put me in their International edition for some reason. Well, actually I do know the reason: Marquis just seems to send all subscribers to the Smithsonian Magazine a form. And maybe for other prestigious publications. I thought it the joke of the year.In January 2003 I applied for a record with the Guinness Book of Records as the poorest man who ever made it to Marquis' Who's Who in Finance and Industry, where, later, I got listed as well. But Guinness let me know they didn't think it much of a record.I don't think I'm still listed in Marquis'; it's very important to them that those in their books take that seriously. As I found out in 2011, wrong again: I've been in there for 10 years and am allowed to buy a "commemorative Anniversary Wall Plaque" for $149.95; plus S/H - you betcha. Just the item I need to impress my Girl Friends. Credits include:
I keep adding to this list. Much of this stuff can be found elsewhere on this site.Others I'd just as soon forget about have a nasty habit of popping up and ruining my minute.Then, for the sake of Gründlichkeit, I sighingly put them in.